RetaliationRetaliation-the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself, revenge~ protectionism invites retaliation—def it is what it is
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Categories:
perspective, vanity,
Form: Senryu
Paper TigersSome go
through life
in a sophomoric
zone
Knowing about
strangers
while being
alone
To ever
quote names
or that face
in the crowd
Aggrandizing
self
as their folly
— astounds
(Reading Market Philadelphia: May, 2025)
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Categories:
vanity,
Form: Rhyme
FootprintsBe one with the earth
For she understands all.
All beings are transient; breathe -
Whether you walk or crawl.
In whispers of wind, the stories unfold,
Each step leaves a trace, in soft grains of gold.
Through shadows of ages, our journeys entwine,
In the dance of existence, our footprints...
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Categories:
vanity, appreciation, confidence, deep, earth,
Form: Quatrain
Nobody Can Resist A CharmerAttractive lady with long shining hair,
nobody can resist such a charmer;
I bet you turn guys on to have fun,
and when danger comes, you run!
The one that promises the joys of Heaven
and make him walk slowly on rainless clouds
is a true deceiver who counts just to seven,
he's ready to give a handful of fake outs!
No...
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Categories:
vanity, anger, desire, emotions, how
Form: Lyric
Broken mirrorWhy do you seem so confident.
When all this will disappear.
Why does it seem so evident.
When you finally face your fear.
When hell has lost its precedence.
And heavens a wish a way.
You murdered all your yesterdays
and placed them in shallow graves
Oh, mirror mirror on the wall
am I a shadow in your heart.
Oh mirror...
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Categories:
vanity, confidence, fantasy, horror, identity,
Form: Free verse
A vision of obscurityIf I watch you closely dose that make me insecure.
If you're longing for a lover maybe?
My love is to impure.
Impleaded fantasy's
I'm sick and you're the cure.
Materialistic lament,
hypercritical that's for sure.
Under a blanket of infidelity,
obscene and obscured.
hearts are devoured,
blood thirsty, and I want more.
A monster lives inside of me.
Indecisions and he not sure,
If...
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Categories:
vanity, conflict, horror, mystery, psychological,
Form: Free verse
21st Century Emperor'sThe emperors have no clothes on!
People are living in a trance
Psychologists like to call it cognitive dissonance
Perhaps even a carefully crafted chance
To see what isn't there, only to praise a hollow show,
While truth and reason disappear, common senses go.
It’s just simply a situation gone sad
I can’t help but wonder, have we been had or merely...
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Categories:
vanity, confusion, life, parody, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Thought of the dayto give ourselves a raise, do we seek praise ~
delusion of vanity, let’s erase...
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Categories:
introspection, spiritual, vanity,
Form: Couplet
Terms and Conditions May ApplyWe cured death on a Tuesday,
launched the trial on a Thursday,
by Friday, 14% of the test group
was gnawing on the janitorial staff.
Still, the press was kind.
“Remarkable resilience,” they wrote,
as Unit 42A chewed through its restraints,
and tried to bite a cameraman.
We called them SoulSavers™,
engineered for eternal youth,
a proprietary blend of nanites, CRISPR,
and just a dash of...
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Categories:
vanity, dark, horror, humor, life,
Form: Free verse
Trump I-FucationTrump I-Fucation
Flickering beacon of light.
Red core inflamed.
Elites on the dole.
Narcissists
Me Trumps We.
Fraud:
Ace in the Hole.
GOP Rats pilfer the hold.
Viral blight dissembles.
Emperor fiddles
While chaos reigns.
Diagnosis: Deep Vain Trumposis.
Systemic Sclerosis.
Democracy Desecrated,
Pandora’s lost hope!
Copyright@Mel Gill 2023...
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Categories:
vanity, angst, betrayal, bullying, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
money, power, vanity,
Form: Senryu
This is me nowI'm not the youth I used to be
I think that's got its worthwhile perks
though the mirror sometimes disagrees
With wisdom came a couple wrinkles and
a few dear friends who stood the test of time
I'm not the youth I used to be
I don't think I'd have the stamina to start it all again
it's taken all my energy...
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Categories:
friendship, me, mirror, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Igor needs a bigger lab XIIIn bed Don loves wearing his gold
Where billionaire's come to the fold
They need not hold loins
But just buy Trump coins
While we work till we're dead and old
Trump’s deals concern what he can break
It’s how this Don hauls in his take
The rich on him spend
As they must depend
On what they’ve kissed his ass to...
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Categories:
vanity, america, corruption, insect, money,
Form: Limerick
HerHer hair is cherry coke red
Her stanely cup is pink
Her eyes are not dead
Her mind does not think
Her heart is full of love
Her hand is full of yours
Her clothes fit like a glove
Her body holds the cures
The love was never mine
But I held it so tight
Blood as red as wine
Tears reflect the light...
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Categories:
vanity, 12th grade, beauty, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
ClassifiedsIn the quiet still
in the sable night
dreamy dotted with
punctuates of light
I recall
my youthful days:
no balcony too steep
nor high – those I could
not climb, then~ simply I
would fly
Wanted: old Juliet, with
sympathetic elevator --
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Categories:
vanity, dream, funny love, humor,
Form: Free verse
Specific Types of Vanity Poems
Definition | What is Vanity in Poetry?
Poems Related to Vanity
pride, arrogance, narcissism, self love, show, ostentation, pretension, airs, vainglory, affectation, display, ego trip, conceitedness, smugness, self worship, big headedness, self admiration, showing off,